Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Petrified Forest


The Petrified Forest (1936) – This is a well-acted film notable for Humphrey Bogart’s breakthrough performance, but it’s marred by poor external set design, goofy supporting characters, general sappiness, and a great deal of stilted dialogue that hasn’t translated well from the stage (although there are some clever one-liners). 6

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